Re: Re: Re: 2048 bytes/sector media in 2.2.12

Jens Benecke (jens@pinguin.conetix.de)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 17:40:04 +0200

On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 08:52:57AM +0900, Klaus Kudielka wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:02:41PM +0200, Jens Benecke wrote:
> > Does that mean I can get a DVD RAM drive and use it under Linux with a
> > 2.2. kernel now? I've been waiting for that :)
> Yes, the Panasonic works just fine. I'm still missing some utilities
> (such as mkfs.vfat and mkfs.hfs), but otherwise it seems to be ok.

Let me get this straight (before I jump out to eggheads and buy the wrong
thing).

- Which kind of media does Linux read?

- Which kinds of media does Linux write, and in what formats?

- cdrecords always tells me about "Starting to write CD/DVD...(etc)" -
does that mean that I don't have direct write access to the media, but
have to create an image file and burn it like a CD?

- Can it serve as short-term backup media (for constantly changing data)
(but big size files, so CDs are not an option)?

Thanks!

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